The six Cuban judokas who will participate from next February 23 to 25 in the Grand Slam of Dusseldorf will depart today towards that German city led by Kaliema Antomarchi, world bronze medalist in Budapest 2017.

Industriales beat away 12-5 Las Tunas thus tying 1-1 their semifinal playoff, while Granma, defending monarch, went ahead 2-1 in their series when winning 7-2 over Matanzas in the postseason of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series

Cuban female cyclist Marlies Mejias traveled to Australia, where she will debut this year with the Canadian-based American club TWENTY20 Sho-Air in the 2018 Santos Women´s Tour, from next January 13 to 21, after being enrolled last year with the Weber Shimano Ladies Power, from Argentina.

Cuba will try to keep itself among an Olympic sport power in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, and has the challenge to improve the Cuban performance in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in 2016, placing itself among the best 16 countries of the planet.